Lovisa Mathilda Roos ( pen name, M. Rs.; 2 August 1852 – 17 July 1908) was a Swedish writer.

Biography

Lovisa Mathilda Roos was born 2 August 1852, in Stockholm. Her parents were Malte Leopold Roos (1806–1882), a colonel at

Svea Artillery Regiment The Svea Artillery Regiment ( sv, Svea artilleriregemente), designation A 1, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from S ...

, and Mathilda (Tilda) Beata Meurk (born 1821). She was educated at home and at

Åhlinska skolan Åhlinska skolan (Åhlin School), or Åhlinska flickskolan (Åhlin Girls' School), was a girls' school in Stockholm, Sweden. Active from 1847 to 1939, it was one of the first schools in Sweden that offered serious academic education to female stud ...

. Remaining unmarried, she lived with his sister Anna and sometimes also with Laura Fitinghoff, with whom she built the Furuliden house in

Stocksund Stocksund () is an upper class suburb in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden. Located immediately across the Edsviken and Stocksundet from Bergshamra, Stocksund is one of four parts of Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm, which is the most ...

, which later became, as she had hoped, a rest home for women. Roos was a member of the women's association

Nya Idun Nya Idun is a Swedish cultural association for women founded in 1885, originally as a female counterpart to Sällskapet Idun ('the Idun Society'). Its aim was to "gather educated women in the Stockholm area for informal gatherings". There was a ...

and one of its first committee members. Roos' novels usually dealt with women's issues and misconduct in society. She was not afraid to address sensitive subjects at that time including lesbian love in (The First Love). A religious crisis in the 1880s affected her later books. In the novel (White Heather), she takes up the unclear living conditions of a teacher and rape. This is considered to have contributed to a government decision that greatly improved teachers' salaries. In women's political pamphlets, she addressed

Ellen Key Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (; 11 December 1849 – 25 April 1926) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was ...

's ideas, (A word to Miss Ellen Key and to the Swedish woman), 1896. Roos died 17 July 1908, in

Danderyd Danderyd Municipality (''Danderyds kommun''; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it is ...

Selected works

;Fiction * , 1881. * , 1883. * , 1884. * , 1886. * , 1887. * , 1888. * , 1889. * , 1890. * , 1891. * , 1891. * , 1892. * , 1896. * , 1896. * , 1896. * , 1897. * , 1898. * , 1898. * , 1903-1904. * , 1906. * , 1907. * , 1907. * , 1908. * , 1909. ;For children and young readers * , 1891. Illustrated by Jenny Nyström. * , 1892. * , 1893. * , 1893. * , 1893. * , 1894. Illustrated by Jenny Nyström. * , 1894. * , 1894. * , 1895. * , 1898. * , 1898. * , 1898. * , 1901. * , 1905. Illustrated by Jenny Nyström.

References

Bibliography

* Heggestad, Eva (1991). Uppsala: Avd. för litteratursociologi vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, Univ.
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Svenskt författarlexikon , subtitled , is a Swedish biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published by Rabén & Sjögren between 1942 and 1981, covering the years 1900–1975 in seven parts in ten volumes. The first part in three volumes was publis ...

: biobibliografisk handbok till Sveriges moderna litteratur''. , 1900-1940 Stockholm:

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. 1942. pp. 677-678.

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